101 Conceptual Art Ideas

#45 ("Exchange" Project)

2011-09-13T14:32:00.000-04:00

The following was sent to the "active participants" of this project:

"Greetings,

Addressees of this email have been confirmed as "active participants" in my artwork "Untitled participatory installation #4" that was exhibited last Summer in the "Medium of Exchange" exhibition at Towson University's Center for the Arts gallery.

As my "Value Statement" expressed, "participation is an 'exchange' of labor. Thus, active participants exchange their labor for a share of possible future profits when the artwork is sold."

The key word is "possible." To that end, I've attached a JPEG of the "final state" of my artwork when I removed it from the gallery on August 7, 2011. Feel free to share the image with art collectors, curators or anyone you think may be interested in either purchasing or showing the work. When the artwork has been purchased you will receive your share of the profits.

Best,
MCB"

IMAGE: "Untitled participatory installation #4" (2011); blackboard paint, chalk, pencil, pastel on MDF; H48"xW98"; © Copyright 2011 by Mark Cameron Boyd.

#44

2011-06-28T15:12:00.000-04:00

Index card with two holes punched in it (for a reason known only to me) & the words, "Not Random," written in ink; for Tino Sehgal)

#43 (Dematerialized Breslar)

2011-04-10T16:02:00.001-04:00

Dematerialization of Reuben Breslar's "IB520100927B" on April 9, 2011; resultant tape-ball discarded in wastebin; RB granted verbal permission for action.

#42

2011-02-11T12:55:00.000-05:00

Abandoned Koons.

#41

2010-11-21T14:02:00.000-05:00

Robert Morris's Untitled (Scatter Piece) found on 17th Street, NW.(1)
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1. "Morris maintains that Untitled (Scatter Piece) would exist in a perfectly valid iteration while in storage—presumably neatly stacked rather than strewn about."

#40 (Instructional Painting)

2010-09-23T12:21:00.003-04:00

Instructions to make a painting, passed from student to student in my art theory class, as in "The Exquisite Corpse" exercise, in response to Sol Lewitt's "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art."

1. Draw a symmetrical shape with and(sic) asymmetrical one.
2. Must include at least 4 sets of dotted lines
3. Draw an arrow shape around directions one and two- place one + two within the arrow
4. Draw a symmetrical shape to enclose one + two + three
5. Cover ½ of #1-4 with white acrylic paint OR duplicate 1-4
6. (if you want to do both you need to get permission from minimum 10 students who made the rules on Sept. 22 2010
7. It must be made from one continuous line
8. But the line has two(sic) be getting thicker gradually
9. Draw a line above the thickest part of the previous line
10. Draw a line connecting to end points of #8
11. Erase It all
12. Sign the work of art T.N.2010 with a red marker

(From an idea proposed by Forest Allread.)

#39

2010-08-21T19:20:00.002-04:00

Make observations about Ding Ren making observations about visitors to SAAM.

#38 (Rotten-Crash)

2010-07-25T11:47:00.003-04:00

Post your snail-mail in comments & I’ll send you both postcards.
Quantities limited. Photography © Copyright 1980 by Gary Leonard.

#37 (Stella Suit)

2010-05-29T19:26:00.004-04:00

Sent to "Frank Stella Clothiers" via email:

Dear Mr. Stella,

Please cut up "Marriage of Reason and Squalor" & make me a double-breasted suit, two pair of pants without cuffs.

Many thanks,
MCB

#36 (For Jorge Pardo)

2010-04-24T17:53:00.005-04:00

Make as exact a copy of an Ikea lamp as possible, then smuggle it in to Ikea and place it among the others. (Conceived in collaboration with my art theory class.)

#35 (Ecce momenta)

2009-12-31T08:58:00.006-05:00

Post single word descriptions of my activities throughout the day.

Image: Self-portrait, © Copyright 2009 by Mark Cameron Boyd.

#34

2009-11-20T00:03:00.003-05:00

Sent the following email to Thomas Hirschhorn c/o Gladstone Gallery:
"Dear Thomas Hirschhorn,
Please dismantle all of your unsold installations & give all useful materials to Global Action for Children. Exchange exhibition value for use value.
M. Cameron Boyd"

#33

2009-10-27T18:31:00.002-04:00

Smuggle four "Theory Notecards" [undeciphered, bisected-text blocks] into Canada to give to my nephew.

#32

2009-10-16T13:12:00.004-04:00

Found homage to Asphalt Rundown.

#31

2009-09-29T09:26:00.002-04:00

Invite all members of "Postconceptual Artists" Facebook group to sign-in as Duchamp on Twitter to post comments.

#30

2009-09-05T11:09:00.001-04:00

Create Twitter account as Marcel Duchamp.

#29

2009-07-24T11:32:00.000-04:00

Two battery-powered CD players buried under separate dirt piles; one playing loop of The Ramones' "Beat On The Brat"(1975) & one playing loop of Sex Pistols' "EMI"(1978). (For Sam Durant.)

#28 (For Robt. Ryman)

2009-07-22T18:44:00.002-04:00

Paint a billboard completely white.

#27

2009-07-17T10:23:00.003-04:00

Local Kippenberger.

#26

2009-06-10T18:16:00.001-04:00

"And all that could have been..."

#25

2009-06-01T10:27:00.002-04:00

Purchase this steamroller to crush existing paintings created from 1997 to 2002.

#24

2009-05-06T11:47:00.001-04:00

Homage to He Yunchang.

#23

2009-03-25T10:53:00.002-04:00

Leave CD with soundtrack to "A Contextual Stage" in copy of Peter Osbourne's Conceptual Art in Corcoran College of Art + Design library.

#22

2009-03-18T11:26:00.001-04:00

Engage in hopeless debate about conceptual art.

#21

2009-03-04T10:33:00.002-05:00

Placed this ad on Google Adwords:

"Theory Now" Notecards
Participatory Art Project
FREE Shipping in U.S.
www.markcameronboyd.com

Ad ran for 4 days - cancelled on 3/2/09.

#20

2009-02-18T10:22:00.003-05:00

Sell "Theory Notecards" on-line through PayPal.

Image: Notecard 33(30): Fluxus (2206-2009); blackboard paint, Conté & pencil on birch; H4"xW6"; © Copyright by Mark Cameron Boyd.

#19

2008-12-11T13:34:00.001-05:00

Check out all books by Dave Hickey from Corcoran Library - don't return.

#18 (Displacement series)

2008-10-18T19:43:00.002-04:00

Toss a rock removed from Lake Desoto in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas into Laurel Lake in Maryland.

#17

2008-09-19T21:11:00.000-04:00

"Anonymous Art" found.

#16

2008-09-19T20:49:00.004-04:00

Glue small plaque on wall near NW corner of 7th & Independence Ave: text reads: "Spiral Jelly" site - for Robert Smithson."

#15

2008-09-18T16:50:00.002-04:00

Glue small plaque on wall near corner of 17th & G Streets: text reads: "Corner Pie" site - for Robert Morris."

#14 (as fault)

2008-08-01T12:28:00.000-04:00

Pour (until empty) one can of Hershey's chocolate syrup down inclined path leading to Dumbarton Oaks Trail (eastern end of cul-du-sac at Whitehaven Street, NW).

For Robert Smithson.

#13

2008-07-01T18:48:00.000-04:00

Leave home-made CD (Zero Mix w Teeth) at Barnes & Noble filed under "N."

#12 (Spiral Jelly)

2008-06-08T13:02:00.004-04:00

Spread grape jelly in a spiral on sidewalk at NW corner of 7th & Independence Ave. (for Robert Smithson.)

#11

2008-06-05T09:01:00.002-04:00

Check out War and Peace, Ulysses, Moby Dick and The Communist Manifesto from the library. Set on night-stand and don't open or read for the duration of the loan.

Success!

2008-06-04T21:56:00.006-04:00

The owner of the "diary" submitted the correct password today. The little book contains mostly hand-written notes on the "Conceptual Art Ideas" undertaken so far (10). Whenever I post a new "Conceptual Art Idea" I'll email him the text and he has agreed to paste it in the diary.

There is no "time-frame" to this project: it may take a few months, or perhaps even years to complete. Check back to watch the progress.

#10

2008-05-15T10:24:00.003-04:00

101 Conceptual Art Ideas is an on-going project whereby the Artist (Mark Cameron Boyd) posts ideas randomly HERE at his discretion. The owner of this “diary” will receive email notifications when new ideas are posted on-line. These emails should be printed-out and pasted into the “diary” in chronological order.

Ownership of this diary is dependent upon participation in the project but does not constitute “ownership” of the 101 Conceptual Art Ideas.

To authenticate ownership, please send email to mcb@markcameronboyd.com
With your name and this password: [DELETED]

#9 (Riposte)

2008-05-03T20:02:00.004-04:00

Copy & insert this in newsstand issues (at Union Station & Barnes & Noble, 11th & E St. NW) of the May '08 Art in America (p. 37).

#8 (Corner Pie)

2008-04-23T10:31:00.003-04:00

Place upside-down slice of pie in corner near 17th & G Streets, WDC.
(For Bob Morris.)

#7

2008-04-05T17:44:00.001-04:00

Reverse alphabetical order on encyclopedias in a local library.

#6

2008-03-23T23:54:00.006-04:00

Insert Grindhouse - Planet Terror Biker photo with Richard Prince's signature inside Vanity Fair magazines at Kramer's Books, Dupont Circle on 3/27/08 (7:00 pm). 4 total.

#5 (Triangulation)

2008-03-03T14:17:00.004-05:00

Using red lipstick, write the address of Krispy Kreme (1350 Connecticut Ave.) on mirror in Starbuck's (1730 Pennsylvania Ave.) bathroom; write the address of Cafe Bistro (One Washington Circle) on mirror in bathroom of Krispy Kreme; and write the address of Starbuck's on mirror in bathroom of Cafe Bistro.

#4

2008-02-21T10:09:00.003-05:00

Empty a bag of charcoal on a busy sidewalk.

#3

2008-02-12T09:49:00.000-05:00

Write-in Joseph Kosuth for "President of the United States."

#2

2008-02-07T14:30:00.001-05:00

Add mustache to a female face in a Metro ad.

#1

2008-02-05T10:35:00.002-05:00

Print business cards for MCB bank.

Coming soon . . .

2008-02-04T17:09:00.001-05:00